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NO073 · CH052

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NUTS-3 NO073 · Norway

Finnmark/Finnmárku/Finmarkku

Population

75,0422025

GDP

—

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3.5%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

79.4%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

48,328.2 km²

NUTS-3 CH052 · Switzerland

Schaffhausen

Population

88,6672025

GDP

€8,806M2022

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3.3%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

84.8%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

295.1 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Schaffhausen (Opportunity 71). Runner-up: Finnmark/Finnmárku/Finmarkku (34). Contrarian pick: Finnmark/Finnmárku/Finmarkku — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 100).

#1Schaffhausen

Strengths

Digital readiness (98) · Labour market (96)

No red flags

#2Finnmark/Finnmárku/Finmarkku

Strengths

Energy cost (100) · Digital readiness (91)

No red flags

Why you might not pick Schaffhausen

Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 47) — Finnmark/Finnmárku/Finmarkku may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

Schaffhausen leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.

Phase-2 diligence checklist

Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics

This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure

33.7

71.2

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

—

80.3

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

69.0

77.4

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

33.3

71.3

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

72.8

71.5

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

32.0

63.4

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

—

3.4% 5y

Population

0.2% 5y

1.5% 5y

Unemployment rate

—

11.6% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

—

€99,319

Population density

2 /km²

300 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 73 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

—

€8,272M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

—

€59M

GVA — industry (B–E)

—

€3,066M

Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

€26,600

—

Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2

€7,085M

—

Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2

€357M

—

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

€12,839M

—

GVA — information & communication (J)

—

€1,447M

GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)

—

€449M

Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)

—

€8,148M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

—

€146,729

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

—

€2,598M

Labour market

Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

80.2%

86.0%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

—

5.4%

Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)

—

3.4%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

—

50,600

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

1.9%

—

Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2

2.2%

4.5%

R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2

1.3%

—

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

43.7%

40.8%

Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2

46.8%

44.4%

Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2

20.3%

24.4%

Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2

26.1%

23.5%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

9.7%

10.6%

Digital

Households with internet access ·N2

98.8%

100.0%

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

810,660

160,955

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

538 /1k

589 /1k

Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.

1,078

348

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

2,254 kt

2,407 kt

Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).

1,437

393

Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2

0 km/1000km²

23 km/1000km²

Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.

181

Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

48,691

56,339

Population aged 65+

15,069

19,670

Population aged under 15

11,282

12,658

Median age of population

42.2 yrs

44.7 yrs

Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)

30.9%

34.9%

Crude rate of total population change

-0.1 /1k

17.7 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

-0.6 /1k

19.0 /1k

Crude birth rate

9.6 /1k

7.9 /1k

Crude death rate

9.1 /1k

Live births

721

694

Deaths

684

804

Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)

54.1%

57.4%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.52

1.30

Population density (persons per km²)

2 /km²

297 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

84,077

98,199

Social

At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2

20.2%

16.2%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

82.6 yrs

83.9 yrs

At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2

15.3%

13.4%

Health

Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2

414 /100k

487 /100k

Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2

866 /100k

861 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

216 /100k

192 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

1.3 /100k

0.0 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

2.7 /100k

24.1 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

—

437 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

933 /100k

1,217 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

33 /M

34 /M

Governance & institutions

Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

—

2.03

Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

—

1.76

Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

—

1.78

Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

—

2.09

Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)

—

1.03

Energy

Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.064/kWh

—

Housing market

Dwelling price per m² (NOK, all types, Statistics Norway)

31,280 NOK/m²

—

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

630 m

664 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

0 days/yr

5 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

241 days/yr

97 days/yr

Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)

2 days/yr

6 days/yr